AVIATION SAFETY AGENCY

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE GOAL of creating a European Aviation Safety Agency to police common European Union rules affecting the sector has been achieved, with the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers settling last minute differences.Resulting final amendments have been approved by MEP's and the proposal will now return to the Council of Ministers for formal rubber-stamping rather than being haggled over in a time-consuming conciliation committee.The solution of arguments between Member States and the parliament over the establishment of an agency has ...


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